We9re seeking Corporate Counsel, Privacy to join CLEAR9s Legal team. In this role, you9ll partner closely with our Security, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Business Development teams to grow CLEAR9s privacy program and support continued development of our product across CLEAR9s business lines including aviation, entertainment, financial services and healthcare. You9ll provide practical, business-oriented legal advice that supports CLEAR9s mission of delivering frictionless and trusted experiences. This position reports to the VP, Product, Privacy & Commercial and offers a unique opportunity to make an impact in a fast-growing, innovative environment.
What you9ll do:- Serve as a legal partner to CLEAR9s Product, Engineering, Marketing, Growth and business teams across our platform and services.
- Build and evolve CLEAR9s privacy program, by developing and maintaining practical policies, processes, playbooks, governance, and escalation paths, and help leadership understand program priorities, risks, and progress.
- Partner early with Product and Engineering on new products, features, and material changes. Lead or advise on privacy intake, privacy impact assessments, and higher-risk assessments; translate findings into concrete design requirements, owners, and launch conditions.
- Help teams document data flows, purposes, legal bases, systems, recipients, vendors, jurisdictions, retention, and safeguards. Maintain fit-for-purpose processing records and inventories, and establish review practices that keep them current as products and operations change.
- Provide clear legal guidance on U.S. state and federal privacy laws and relevant international requirements, including issues involving biometrics, health-related data, consent, identity, advertising and tracking technologies, automated or AI-enabled processing, and cross-border data transfers.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to help drive CLEAR9s operational and strategic goals.
- Partner with Security, Product and Engineering teams to support compliance with GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, HIPAA and other global data protection laws.
- Guide privacy notices, product disclosures, consent and preference experiences, and processes for access, correction, deletion, opt-outs, and other applicable rights. Work with operational teams to make these processes reliable and understandable.
- Advise on privacy diligence, data protection terms, business associate agreements where applicable, partner roles, data sharing, vendor changes, and appropriate return or deletion of data at offboarding.
- Track relevant legal developments, assess their impact on CLEAR9s products and practices, and coordinate implementation with stakeholders.
- Support privacy-related complaints, inquiries, incidents, and regulatory responses in partnership with Security, and the relevant business teams.
- Support legal analysis for global expansion.
- Be a problem-solver who understands CLEAR9s business and delivers practical, actionable advice.
How you9ll measure success:- Teams know when and how to engage Legal, and privacy review happens early enough to support product and operational decisions.
- Leaders have a useful view of privacy risk, program maturity, open decisions, and remediation progress.
- Product and business teams see Privacy as a trusted, pragmatic partner that helps them move forward responsibly.
- You deliver timely and practical legal support that accelerates product launches and drives business growth.
- You build strong partnerships across business units through proactive and solution-oriented counsel.
- Scalable systems and processes that improve privacy posture and product development management are implemented.
What you9re great at:- 5+ years of relevant legal experience, including a combination of law firm and in-house experience at a technology company.
- 1+ year in an in-house product counsel role.
- Strong experience in product counseling and privacy laws, including GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, etc.
- Strong business acumen and ability to balance risk with commercial objectives.
- Excellent judgment, communication, and drafting skills.
- Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity with privacy and data protection laws is a must; familiarity with identity technology issues is a plus.
- Must be admitted to practice law and in good standing in at least one U.S. state.
- Product-savvy legal partner. You9ve worked as a trusted advisor to Product, Engineering, and Security teams, and know how to translate legal requirements into actionable advice for technical teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
How You9ll be Rewarded:At CLEAR, we help YOU move forward - because when you9re at your best, we9re at our best. You9ll work with talented team members motivated by our mission of making experiences safer and easier. Our offices are bright and energetic with an open concept and plenty of conference rooms and casual co-working spaces. We also offer catered lunches every day and have fully stocked kitchens. Outside of the office, we invest in your well-being and learning & development with stipends and reimbursement programs.
We offer holistic total rewards, including comprehensive healthcare plans, family-building benefits (fertility and adoption/surrogacy support), flexible time off, annual wellness stipend, free OneMedical memberships for you and your dependents, a CLEAR Plus membership, and a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match. The base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $240,000, depending on levels of skills and experience.
The base salary range represents the low and high end of CLEAR9s salary range for this position. Salaries will vary depending on various factors which include, but are not limited to location, education, skills, experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of CLEAR9s total compensation package for employees and other rewards may include annual bonuses, commission, Restricted Stock Units.
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